Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
More than 40 Haitians in Springfield have been detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status earlier this summer. Faith leaders recently spoke out against the ICE activity that has been taking place in the Clark County city after a June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court […]
The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed an Ohio judge’s claim that the reproductive rights amendment in the state constitution hindered him from doing his job. Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas Judge David Engler was elected to the county court’s domestic relations and juvenile division in 2024. He argued to the state supreme court in an […]
Ohio has seen the biggest enrollment drop of any state since congressional Republicans allowed subsidies for insurance in Affordable Care Act marketplaces to expire, nearly by a third of the half-million Ohioans who bought insurance there dropped it. Now, faced with a smaller, sicker clientele, the 11 insurers remaining in Ohio’s marketplace are proposing to […]
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Ohio’s economy could take a significant hit after Canadian leaders announced retaliatory tariffs Tuesday. Canada’s finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, promised to match American tariffs “dollar for dollar, and rate for rate.” Canada’s tariffs are set to take effect Sept. 8. The move comes after the Trump administration imposed a new round of 50% tariffs on […]
Tributes continue to pour in for Dolly Parton after the iconic country singer, actor and philanthropist’s death on August 25 at age 80. Her former co-star Jane Fonda tells Democracy Now! how they made the classic workplace comedy 9 to 5, for which Parton wrote the accompanying hit song. “She could see through people to […]
As Gary, Indiana, recovers from flooding and a two-week power outage, we also speak with Ron Daniels, president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century, who discusses the city’s history as a site of Black struggle and organizing. In 1972, the city hosted the National Black Political Convention, which brought together thousands of […]
Thousands of residents recently spent two weeks without power in Gary, Indiana, following a storm that ripped through the majority-Black city. The blackout ground the city to a halt, trapping residents in their apartments, forcing the closure of many businesses and leading to fuel shortages at gas stations. Officials in Indiana estimate the storm might […]
Top U.S. military leaders have reportedly advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth against extending the war in Iran because ongoing operations in the Middle East have degraded the Pentagon’s ability to confront threats elsewhere. According to The Washington Post, the warnings appeared in a classified assessment for Hegseth prepared by the heads of the Army, Navy […]
More than 900 people in Nepal are confirmed dead after a massive wall of water, mud and debris crashed through a Himalayan river valley on the border with Tibet. More than 4,200 people are missing in Nepal and hundreds more in Tibet. Families are searching hospitals for loved ones, and crews have buried hundreds of […]
U.S. Forces Target Iranian Launchers; Iran Retaliates Against U.S. Military Targets in the Region, U.S. Strikes Deal to Control 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Oil, Death Toll in Nepal-Tibet Floods Surpasses 900 People, Flash Floods Sweep Grand Canyon National Park, Killing One Person, ICE Plans to Spend $2 Million to Purchase “Robot Dogs”, Three Palestinians […]
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